Most young people will not face homelessness because they are straight or cisgender. However, 77% of the young people akt support cited family rejection and abuse after coming out or being outed as the primary reason for their homelessness.

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Over half ( 51 per cent) of LGBTQ+ young people said that, before becoming homeless, their family members stopped them from expressing their LGBTQ+ identity. This rose to 64 per cent amongst trans people and 55 per cent of disabled people.

One in six LGBTQ+ young people ( 16 per cent) reported being forced to do sexual acts against their will by family members before becoming homeless, forms of so called conversion therapy. This impacted 21 per cent of disabled LGBTQ+ young people.

‘i’ve been living on my own since i was sixteen, i’ve been kicked out because of being queer’

fran (he/him)

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In our 2021 report we asked LGBTQ+ young people what they thought were the reasons for why their family were not supportive. Here’s what they told us:

 

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Housing insecurity

The cost-of-living crisis is leaving many on the brink of experiencing homelessness. This is particularly the case for LGBTQ+ young people, many of whom were already in precarious financial positions prior to the crisis and often do not have family to turn to for support.

The inability to secure affordable is increasingly becoming another driver of homelessness and housing insecurity and not just in London, alongside discrimination related to gender identity, sexuality, and ethnicity in the private rented sector.  

To learn more about the experiences of LGBTQ+ private renters, check out our research with Generation Rent here: https://www.generationrent.org/akt_survey